Gasification apparatus.



S. HOROWITZ. GASIYIGATION APPARATUS. urmouxon mum 311N320, 1914.

1 ,105,975. I Patented Aug. 4, 1914;

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SIGMUND HOROWITZ, OF LEMBERG, AUSTRIA-HUNGARY.

G'AsIrIcA'rIoN APPARATUS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

'To all whom it may concern lie it known that I, Simmsn Homjuvrrz, a

' subject of the Emperor of Austria-l-lungary,

residing at Lemberg, Austriz'vHungary, have invented a new and useful Improvement in (lasificat-ion Apparatus, of which the following a specification.

My invention relates to gasification apparatus, used for instance in connection with combustion engines and has for its object to bring about a quick gasitication ot' the fuel, thus permitting the use oi not easily volatile fuels. such as kerosene. Owing to the slow ga "lication of these fuels, all attempts herelo't'orc to use the same for operating combusstance. the driver of an automobile, from his scat in the frontot his car, may put into operation. stop and regulate the flow of the fuel into the gasitication apparatus of the combustion engine of his car.

My invention will be fully described hereiratter and the features of novelty will be pointed out in the appended claim.

My invention is illustrated in the annexed drawing which shows a. gasification apparatus, in. longitudinal section, such as may be used in connection with the combustion engine of an automobile.

As illustrated in the drawing 1 designates the casing. screw-threaded at, the bottom to rcceivc the screws by which the bottom plate 3 of the casing'is fastened thereto. The interior of said casing is divided into an inner. gas chamber 15 within the closed partition wall l, and an outer air chamber a be tween the casing 1 and the said partition wall 4-, which outer chamber connects with the atmosphere through holes in the said casing 1, \vflnch holes maybe partially or completely closed by the slide valve 12. Said partition wall 4, which as illustrated is of cylindrical shape, is preferably formed by a continuous pipe coil in which the several pipe lengths are acent to-each othenwhile the ends of said pipe coil pass through said bottom plate 3 and connect with the exhaust \Vi'thin said inner F pipes of the engine.

chamber 1) a plate 5 is provided above the i gasification of the fuel will e very rapid, 111) Mon engines, for instance of automobiles,

l tinclv divided condition, may be used.

Application filed June 20, 1914: Serial No. 846,254.

bottom plate 3 of the casing. The upper s de of said plate 5, as shown in the drawing, forms a trough for rcceiving finely divided inert material such as sand, gravel or the like (3, any suitable means being provided if desired for preventing the' spilling of the said inert material. At'thc underside of said plate 5 is provided a heating'means (5, for instance an electricalheating body fed hv the storage battery used in connection'65 w ith the lighting system of the car. Above the plate 5, in the cover of the casing 1, is located the feeding device for the liquid fuel. This device, as illustrated, consists of the valve pin 9, visible through the sight glass 8, and connected with a valve cone 7 which may be raised and lowered by means of thevalve spindle 11. axially adjustable within the valve body 10, the latter being suitably connected with a source of fuel supply. By 0 7 crating this valve spindle 11 either direct y or by means of an intermediar member readily accessible from the! driver s seat, the opening of the nozzle of the valve, and thereby the How of the fuel through the valve into the gasification chamber can be easily adjusted.

The cover of the casing 1 has on its underside an inwardly projecting flange 13 which extends close to the upper end of the partition wall 4, aud tor-ms a hood-like cover for the inner chamber 7). may connect either directly with the explosion chamber of the engine or with the gas mixing chamber of an auxiliary carbureter, which may be of any desired form, for instance of a spray-nozzle carburetor.

' In operation a slight raising of the spindle 11. will cause the fuel, for instance kerosene, slowly to drop from the needle 9 through the'inner chamber 7) upon the material. 6 in the trough of the plate 5. As filling material t'or the trough any kind of. an inert heat retaining material. such as sand, gravel, quartz or other ceramic substances, in In t will be apparent-that each drop. of the fuel in passing through the chamber b becomes heated and in thisheated condition impacts against this filling material (5'. In this way each drop of the heated fuel Will be split up into diminute particles, and as said filling material has been reviously heated by means of the electrical heatin device, 6 the The outlet pipe 14 especially as, in the example shown, the impact material 6' is in a finely divided condition and thus exposes a maximum of fuel surface. The gasesithus generated willrise within the inner chamberb. A'conden'sation of the fuel gases in said chamber is prevented 'by having the hot exhaust gases pass through the pipe coil constituting the partition wall 4. For'the "purpose of having the said partition wall 4 heatedbefore-the. g'asification commences in niyimprovedapparw tus,-heat must befsuppliedto said wall from an outside source. Thismay preferably be done by having the enginealso :provided' with .anma'll ordinary gasolene carburetor for starting the engine, which carbureter.

may be shut oi? as soon astha exhaust gases .cieutly raised the temperature of the interior chamber 2) to prevent a condensation of the kerosene gases rlsmg within the same.

.The rising gases on their way out throu%h 1e he exhaust pipe 14 will suck air through t slide valve 12 -and the-outer chamber a. In

passing through said chamber a the air will be heated as a result of the heat given ed by the hot pi'pe coil (i. The thus preheated air mixes 'with th'e also preheated ases above the interior chamber. 6 in the mixing chamber formed by the flan'gel3 and the mixture of gas and air will pass ofi through the outletpipe 14 into the explosion chamber of the engine. The amount ,of air sucked through the holes in the casing 1 can be readily regulated by operating the slide valve 12, and as'the fiowzof therfuel is like- I Wise readily controlled by the operation of the spindle l-l. of the valve cone 7 it is ap parent that the proportion of airgand fuel 7 gases in the mixing Ci'lfill'lbfilf3b07 the/inner chamber b can be easily so adjusted that the mixture passing off through the outlet pipe 14 constitutes a gas and air mixture of the desired explosive properties. i I

If desired the valve spindle 1]: and consequently the'valve cone 7; and valve pin 9 may be set to secure the necessary flow of fuel from the valve body valve'located in the connection etween said valve body 10 and the fuel source,

Various other changes n the sp of my gasificatiouapparatus shown and described, for instance in the shape of the plate 5.01 the construction of the feed ,va'lve may cut departingfrom the spirit of my invention.

I claim: 1 a

In a gasification apparatus, the combination of a casing adapted for connection with the explosive chamber of an internal com- I 10 and the supply of fuel to the latter cont-rolled b a suitable ecific form made within the scope of the claims withbustion engine and provided with-an air in-,

within said casing forming a gasificat-ion chamber in communication with said mixing let and a'mixing chamber, a heating .coil

chamber, said coil being adapted to be con in SIGMUND nonowrrz.

' [-Witnesses:

Louis Amxennnn; 1 A. Knrirm 

